Tayyar.
Portrait of Samir Geagea LB flag

LB flag Lebanon Party leader

Samir Geagea

سمير جعجع
Party leader In opposition Verified

Lebanese politician and leader of the Lebanese Forces party (since 1986). Spent 11 years in solitary confinement (1994–2005) after the Syrian-backed prosecution following the civil war; only Christian militia leader prosecuted, a charge later amnestied. Sharpest institutional opponent of Hezbollah within Lebanese politics.

Country
Lebanon
Party
Lebanese Forces
Role
Party leader

Inherited position

Until Samir Geagea is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.

Lebanese Forces's spider profile
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press Sectarian power-sharing → Post-sectarian / civic state
Lebanese Forces

Briefs about Lebanese Forces

Hand-written political-science mini-papers comparing Lebanese Forces to other parties. 2 briefs on file.

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Samir Geagea [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/samir-geagea
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Samir Geagea." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/samir-geagea.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-samir-geagea,
  title     = {{Samir Geagea}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/samir-geagea},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.